Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Monday as another hopeful was knocked out, leaving four candidates in an increasingly bitter contest to replace Boris Johnson.

"Government must remember it serves at the behest of the people. The people are not meant to serve them," said DA shadow minister of public works and infrastructure Samantha Graham-Maré.

Gauteng police are searching for suspects after two security officers were shot dead on Monday.

The SA Democratic Teachers Union in KwaZulu-Natal says the murders of a south coast acting principal and his school governing body chair are acts of "barbarism".

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month.

Police top brass and residents at a crime-fighting imbizo sang songs about Nelson Mandela on Monday and resolved to revisit past successes to rejuvenate the fight against violent crime.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s impeachment inquiry is continuing on Tuesday.

“The honorable minister secured over-the-counter medication for cancer? From a doctor or pharmacist who hadn’t seen the patient? And she was able to transport it via customs without paperwork?" asked Thlabi.

The deputy minister of transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga, is grieving the loss of six family members in a car crash near Ladysmith.

An 11-year-old boy from Alexandra, Kabelo Masalesa, has drowned in a swimming pool in Palestine during his football team’s visit to that country for a tournament.

Police and the health department will on Tuesday provide an update on investigations into the cause of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy.

An imposter on TikTok is scamming people desperate enough to pay for state-sponsored housing.

The Madiba mosaic was created with 56,636 cans of food.

A leopard that attacked a staff member at a lodge in the Kruger National Park has been tracked down and euthanised.

A prosecutor on Monday urged jurors to sentence to death the gunman who killed 17 people in a mass shooting at a Florida high school in 2018.

The cabinet has encouraged vaccinated people to get their booster shots, saying vaccination remains the scientifically proven defence against Covid-19.

“These children have blood on their hands. We honestly expected to find older people, not such young children to be behind such big crimes,” said Lizzy Sithole, community leader in Alexandra.

The charred bodies of an elderly couple were found inside a burned-out vehicle after they tried to escape a wildfire ripping across the Portuguese northern municipality of Murça, authorities said on Monday.

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The long queue of cars just as you approach Ramaite Street in Protea North, Soweto, on Monday night was an indication that a giant had fallen.

A group of organisations on Monday called on KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to arrest President Cyril Ramaphosa for the alleged crimes he committed when he visits the province at the weekend.

One of the parents of a police officer charged with the murder of his wife says he deserves to be in jail.

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu says she is pleased with the data released on Monday by Statistics SA (Stats SA) on tourist accommodation for May.

SA's youth and university students are critical of former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy mainly due to the government's failure to improve their lives.

Six Mpumslsngs government officials suspected of multi-million-rand vehicle licensing fraud appeared in the Nelspruit magistrate’s court on Monday.

The widely used tests developed in high-income countries do not give accurate results for the people on the continent, study finds

Key dates from appointment to the suspended public protector’s face-off with parliament’s impeachment committee

Residents of rural towns through lack of signage are forced to create their own unique way of giving directions

Our stay in the remote village of Mapoch was a memorable celebration of Ndebele custom and culture

Shorter women will be able to join Spain's police forces after the country's top court ruled on Monday that a minimum height requirement for female officers is discriminatory.